Homalocantha lamberti

Homalocantha lamberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, also called the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Homalocantha lamberti
Shell of Homalocantha lamberti (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Homalocantha
Species:
H. lamberti
Binomial name
Homalocantha lamberti
(Poirier, 1883)
Synonyms[1]

Murex lamberti Poirier, 1883

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Poirier, J., 1883. Révision des Murex. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 5: 13–128, sér. série 2
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